Improved wind-wheel



UNITED STATES PATENT OEErcE.

C. C. BOMBERGER, OF WEST CARLISLE, OHIO.

IMPROVED WIND-WHEEL.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 27,423, dated March 13, 1860.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, C. C. BOMBERGER, of Vest Carlisle, in the county of Coshocton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Wind-WVheel; and I do hereby declare that the follwing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a vertical section of my invention, taken in the line 'y y, Fig. 2; Fig. 2, a horizontal section of the same, taken in the line @c a', Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the two figures.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

A represents a vertical shaft, which is iitted in a suitable framing and has a series of radial frames B attached, in which horizontal slats C are placed, said slats having atenon a at the center of each end, the tenons being allowed to turn freely in the frames.

The frames B are of quadrilateral form, and provided with cross-bars l), which are between the slats and against which the edges of the slats bear when fully closed. (See Fig. l, in which the bisected slats of one frame B are shown in nearly a closed state.) Any number of slats may be used in each frame, according to the dimensions of the wheel.

The slats C of each frame B are connected to a bar D by links c. The ends of thebar D are fitted in guides d. d at the upper and lower ends of the frames, the bars D being allowed to work freely in the guides.

On the lower part of the shaft A and di? rectly below the frames B a cam E is placed and allowed. to slide freely up and down. This cani is formed ofthe segment of a circle, having an inclined plane e at one end. This inclined plane is directly under the path of rotation of the bars D of the slats, and the other portion of the cam within said path is perfectly horizontal. Underneath the cam E a lever F is placed. This lever is attached at one end to the face of the framing by a joint f, and the lever is connected to the under side of the cam by a joint g, as shown clearly in Fig. l. To the under side of the upper top piece h of the framing an inclined plane t' is attached, said inclined plane being also over the path of the rotation of the bars D and at points in said path directly opposite the inclined plane c.

The outer end of the lever F is connected to any proper governor.

The operation is as follows: The framing is provided with avane and so mounted that the wheel will always be kept properly fac ing the wind, the proper position of the framing and cam E relatively with the wind being shown in Fig. 2, in which the direction of the wind is indicated by black arrows. As each frame B passes around in the face of the wind its slats C are closed in consequence of its rod D beingraised by the inclined plane e and the slats are kept in a closed state While before the wind by the horizontal part of the cam. As the bars D pass off the cam E, the inclined plane i forces the bars D down and opens the slats C, so that they will not offer any appreciable resistance in passing around in the face of the wind.

The speed of the wheel is regulated by the governor actuating the cam E-that is to say, raising and lowering it so as to define the length of movement of the bars D, the governor actuating the cams through the medium of lever F.

It will be readily understood that the lever F is to be connected in any suitable manner with the sliding sleeve of a ball-governor or other suitable governing mechanism, to which velocity or motion is given by band or other connection with the main shaft A. Thus any increased or diminished velocity of shaft A will affect the speed of the governor and cause it to operate the lever F accordingly.

Of course it will be seen that the higher the cam E is adjusted the less area the slats C will present to the action of the wind, and vice versa.

I do not claim, broadly, the employment or use of adjustable slats in frames attached to a shaft for the purpose of regulating the speed of the wind-wheel; but

I do claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The arrangement and combination, with lche slats C, of the vertical connecting-bars D, verticallymoving @am E, and governing-lever F, so that as the motion of the Wheel increases or diminishes the lever F Will correspondingly mise or lower the cam E, and thus regulate the speed of the Wheel, all as herein shown and described.'

` C. C. BOMBERGER. Witnesses:

P. J. CUMMINGs, P. W. NOLAND. 

